How To Install PackageKit-cron on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-cron on Rocky Linux 8.
What is PackageKit-cron
Crontab and utilities for running PackageKit as a cron job.
We can use yum or dnf to install PackageKit-cron on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install PackageKit-cron.
Install PackageKit-cron on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install PackageKit-cron using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install PackageKit-cron
Install PackageKit-cron on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install PackageKit-cron using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install PackageKit-cron
How To Uninstall PackageKit-cron on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the PackageKit-cron package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove PackageKit-cron
PackageKit-cron Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/cron.daily/packagekit-background.cron
/etc/sysconfig/packagekit-background
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-cron on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.